| Nothing Feels Natural | ||||
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| Released | January 27, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock [1] | |||
| Length | 33:33 [2] | |||
| Label | Sister Polygon | |||
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Nothing Feels Natural is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Priests. It was released through Sister Polygon Records on January 27, 2017. [3] [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.5/10 [5] |
| Metacritic | 83/100 [6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [7] |
| Chicago Tribune | [8] |
| Consequence of Sound | B [4] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [9] |
| Paste | 8.3/10 [10] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [1] |
| PopMatters | 7/10 [11] |
| Under the Radar | 7.5/10 [12] |
Nothing Feels Natural received an average score of 83 based on 13 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". [6]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| PopMatters | The Best Indie Rock of 2017 | 10 | |
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2017 | 25 | |
| Pitchfork | The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2017 | 6 | |
| NPR | The 50 Best Albums Of 2017 | 44 | |
| Newsweek | The 17 Best Albums Of 2017 | 10 | |
| The Atlantic | The 10 Best Albums of 2017 | 8 | |
| The A.V. Club | The 20 Best albums of 2017 | 6 | |
| Billboard (magazine) | 50 Best Albums of 2017 | 25 | |
| Stereogum | The 50 Best Albums of 2017 | 3 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Guest artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Appropriate" | Priests |
| 5:13 |
| 2. | "JJ" | Priests | Perry Fustero | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Nicki" | Priests | Kevin Erickson | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Lelia 20" | Priests | Janel Leppin | 3:09 |
| 5. | "No Big Bang" | Priests | Hugh McElroy | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Interlude" | Janel Leppin | 1:17 | |
| 7. | "Nothing Feels Natural" | Priests |
| 3:59 |
| 8. | "Pink White House" | Priests | Kevin Erickson | 4:05 |
| 9. | "Puff" | Priests | 1:52 | |
| 10. | "Suck" | Priests | Mark Cisneros | 4:33 |
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